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The Forum on China-African Cooperation summit will look to charm leaders on the continent, seen by Beijing as a step towards global dominance. In September, presidents Omar al Bas...

Panel sets aside demand to reaffirm commitment to continue Doha talks in declaration to be adopted at Nairobi meet India, along with an overwhelming majority of developing and p...

The transport sector can accelerate and intensify trade in Africa. Rail transport in particular, as a result of its energy efficiency, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and low...

The three facilitators appointed by Director-General Roberto Azevêdo to support members to develop a Ministerial Declaration for the WTO’s 10th Ministerial Conference presented ...

The European Union (EU) launched the GCCA+, its largest initiative to combat climate change in the world’s poorest and most vulnerable places, notably the group of Least Develope...

The African Union is spearheading efforts to boost intra African trade as a means to achieve the Agenda 2063 goal of a united, prosperous and peaceful Africa by 2063. In this resp...

Close to 70% of Africans depend on agriculture for their incomes, yet the sector represents only a third of the continent’s gross domestic product (GDP). Efforts to improve farme...

The selection: Friday, 27 November Today: MTC holds Beira and Zambezia Development Corridors Investment Conference Looking ahead to Monday: South Africa's October trade statistic...

Africa is a heterogeneous, vast and vibrant continent. It is home to 54 countries, has about 15 percent of global population, is endowed with enormous natural resources, and has ex...

Traders enjoying facilities, but Partner States challenged to operationalise regional law once in effect Citizens of the region are set to benefit a great deal through facilities ...

The first-ever African Development Bank Transport Forum (ATF) opened Thursday, November 26 at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, with lively debates on ho...

Bilateral trade costs between Commonwealth countries are on average around a fifth lower than between other trading partners, according to a major report by the Commonwealth Secret...

The selection: Thursday, 26 November The Pan African Investment Code: meeting to review draft study (AU) The primary objective of the study is to create a conducive environment t...

UNCTAD puts forward new road map for transforming rural economies and eradicating rural poverty In a bold move, UNCTAD’s The Least Developed Countries Report, subtitled Tra...

Climate change poses a severe threat to Africa, but it also offers a huge opportunity, according to a new paper from the African Development Bank. The paper, Africa’s Climat...

The twin challenges of poverty and climate change are tightly interwoven Two defining challenges of this century are overcoming poverty and managing climate change: if we fail on ...

China is important to the increasing foreign investment in Africa, but its role is far from dominant Africa’s economic growth has accelerated over the past 15 years and the cont...

The Chamber of Deputies has passed a draft law that allows the government to ratify an agreement that re-admits the country to the Economic Community of Central African States...

The recent signing of the Zanzibar Declaration on Illegal Logging by forest protection agencies in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique and Madagascar is a hopeful sign of the commi...

The African Development Bank has moved ahead on finalizing the first Africa Visa Openness Index. The Index ranks African countries on the level of openness/restrictiveness of their...